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NCACC gives Gaston County economic, demographic snapshot as commissioners begin budget planning
Summary
Denise Canada, director of research and policy for the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, presented a demographic and economic briefing to the Gaston County Board of Commissioners at its Jan. 28, 2025 meeting.
Denise Canada, director of research and policy for the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, presented a demographic and economic briefing to the Gaston County Board of Commissioners at its Jan. 28, 2025 meeting, drawing on the NCACC County Map Book and other Census data.
The presentation covered population change, age structure, education and workforce measures, county gross domestic product and sales-tax collections and distribution. "We are your association. We work for you," Canada said at the start of the briefing, which the board and staff followed with questions about local implications for the budget process.
Canada told the board that Gaston County’s population has risen over the long term, adding roughly about 92,000 residents between 1970 and 2023, with most of that growth occurring inside municipal boundaries rather than in…
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